We are Golden and we SPARKLE
Autumn 2
Friendship and Courage
During Autumn 2 we will be reading...
Year 6 Curriculum
We are writers...
In our writing lessons, we will be reading Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo. We will be using this book as a stimulus to write a diary entry with tension, a newspaper report and an argument text. We will be learning about the key features of these genres before planning and writing our own.
We are readers...
In our shared reading lessons, we will be developing our skills by reading and understanding texts across a range of genres – including fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Our main focus will be on understanding vocabulary and improving our retrieval and inference skills.
We are mathematicians...
In our maths lessons this half-term, we will be learning about: multiplication, division and fractions. Alongside this, we will be practising our arithmetic skills daily- including times tables for those children who are not yet fluent in them.
Wider Curriculum
Geography- Locational Knowledge (Europe)
DT- Digital World
Science- Energy (Light)
PE- Net and wall games
Computing- Online safety, blogging
Music- Dynamics, pitch and texture
RE- Beliefs in action in the world
PSHE- DART, safe relationships, respecting ourselves and others
Autumn 1
Friendship and Courage
During Autumn 1 we will be reading…
Year 6 Curriculum
We are writers...
In our writing lessons, we will be using Harry Potter as a stimulus to write fantasy stories, non-chronological reports and persuasive adverts. We will be focussing on the audience and purpose for our writing, the impact it has on the reader and how we are going to achieve this.
We are readers...
In our shared reading lessons, we will be developing our skills by reading and understanding texts across a range of genres - both fiction and non-fiction. Our main focus will be on understanding vocabulary and improving our inference skills.
We are mathematicians...
In our maths lessons this half-term, we will be learning about place value and the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). We will also have a daily maths blast session where we will be practising the skills we have already learnt.
We are historians, artists, scientists, musicians and athletes...
History- Ancient Islamic Civilisations
Art- Pencil sketching
Science- Animals including humans
PE- Invasion games
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